Shopify Adds Mobile Payments, Overhauls iOS App
Ottawa’s Shopify, fresh off its $100 million series C funding round from last month, is now enabling its merchant clients…
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Taking Play a Little More Seriously: Toronto’s Twenty One Toys Thrashes Kickstarter Goal
Why not kickstart a toy revolution? Toronto-based startup Twenty One Toys scored a recent win on Kickstarter with more than…
It’s Official: Canadians Love Their Weather Apps
Nearly half of 19,000 surveyed Canadians say they regularly check their weather app, according to a new study from Ipsos. The…
Nearly One-Third of Canadians Will Skip Morning Coffee if it Means Being Connected
Nearly one third of Canadians (28 percent) will skip their morning coffee in exchange for anytime, anywhere internet, according…
Crowdfunding Canada 2013: Hits, Misses and Drama
2013 was the year of crowdfunding. This year eleven Kickstarter projects joined the million-dollar club and Indiegogo had its…
Bitcoin Enablers Bex.io Raise $500,000 Seed Round
With some expecting the Bitcoin economy be valued at nearly $3 trillion in late 2016, the virtual currency’s appeal is…
Toronto’s Tiny Hearts Thinks New Wake App Update Will Please
Robleh Jama and his team at Tiny Hearts in Toronto have released the 2.0 update to the wildly popular Wake alarm clock app.…
Young Canadian Women Are Facing Barriers at the Workplace (Yep, This is Still a Thing)
Canadian organizations are unintentionally underestimating young women as being too young or not ready to assume increasingly…
Rosetta Stone Language Learning Platform Acquires Vancouver Creator of Fit Brains
Rosetta Stone Inc. today announced that it has agreed to acquire Vivity Labs Inc., creator of the successful Fit Brains product…
CDMN Is Sending 27 Startups All Over the World As Part of the Soft-Landing Program
The federally-funded Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) has chosen the 27 companies that it will ship off this winter as…
Prostate Cancer Detectors Imagistx Raises $4.2 Million in Funding
Markham-based prostate imaging startup Imagistx has raised $4.2 million in venture capital from several firms. Toronto’s…
The App Labb Built Itself from the Ground Up
The App Labb founder Kundan Joshi started his Toronto-based app development firm while he was still finishing his software…
Vancouver’s FundRazr to Help Americans Crowdfund Healthcare Costs
Vancouver-based crowdfunding site FundRazr is partnering up with San Francisco-based startup Healthline to allow visitors to…
New App for Quebecers Helps them Control Their Drinking
A Quebec-based non-profit has released two new smartphones apps for the holiday season to help Quebecers keep their blood-alcohol…
Here’s what Canadians Googled the Most in 2013
Google released its most searched terms of 2013 in Canada, cutely dubbed the “Google 2013 Zeitgeist” (and yes,…